Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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Spruce up your Christmas tree with these tips By Denise Ruttan Christmas tree needles Christmas tree needles - Look for trees with firm needles that bounce back when you bend them. (Photo by Lynn Ketchum.) After Thanksgiving, most tree lots are busy welcoming the crowds for a festive annual tradition – choosing the Christmas tree that will warm your home this December. After you find that perfect tree, you’ll want to keep it fresh for the holiday season. Chal Landgren, a Christmas tree specialist with the Oregon State University E...
Skiers at Hoodoo Bowl SANTIAM PASS: If the early plans of investors had panned out skiers could be making runs down Three Fingered Jack. When funding for a new road didn’t materialize, Bend businessman Ed Thurston constructed the Hoodoo Ski Bowl near the summit of the Santiam Pass in 1938. Before that he’d pioneered winter outings by operating a rope tow at White Branch in McKenzie Bridge. Early construction at the base of Hoodoo Butte included two A-frame warming huts supplemented by a 30 by 150 lodge, rope tows, and a ski patrol shack. In...
